How Princess Diana reshaped the Royal Family

Princes William and Harry unveil new memorial commemorating the People’s Princess

On 31 August 1997, news of Princess Diana's death in a Paris road tunnel stunned a nation and the world. The outpouring of grief for the 36-year-old was unprecedented and has never been repeated.

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